Caring enough to lead : how reflective thought leads to moral leadership / Leonard O. Pellicer ; foreword by Richard W. Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pellicer, Leonard O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

United States.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

School principals--United States.

School principals.

School administrators--United States.

School administrators.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 193 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [2003]

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Foreword by Richard W. Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Building upon his successful first edition, Pellicertakes the reader on a deeply emotional and touching journey to the human sideof leadership through a collection of ideas illustrating vital concepts ofleadership.

Contents:

1. It's Better to Know Some of the Questions Than All the Answers 1

2. Why Am I Going to Visit Bob? 7

3. What Is a Leader? 13

4. What Do I Care About? 27

5. What Do I Believe About People? 37

6. Am I Willing to Share Power? 47

7. Do I Care Enough to Do the Little Things? 57

8. What Does It Mean to Be Responsible? 67

9. Am I Willing to Jump for the Brass Ring? 75

10. Am I Taking Care of My Water Buffalo? 85

11. Why Am I Doing This? 91

12. Who's the King or Queen of the Jungle? 101

13. Honey, Do These Pants Make Me Look Fat? 107

14. What Does It Mean to Be a Teacher? 115

15. Can You Just Call Me Willie, Mrs. Peterson? 121

16. Can I Care Enough to Be My Own Best Friend? 129

17. Why Haven't Our Schools Been More Successful? 137

18. How Is a School Transformed? 145

19. Why Am I a Professional Educator? 157

20. Will That Be a Senior Coffee? 167

21. Your Leadership Becomes You! 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.

ISBN:

0761938788

0761938796

OCLC:

51553694